Brittany Murphy's Mother Refutes Those Poison Claims

She blames Brittany's biological father for the controversy.

After unsuccessfully asking (via a lawsuit) the Los Angeles coroner's office to perform further toxicology texts on his daughter's body, Brittany Murphy's father Angelo Bertolotti sent hair, blood and tissue samples to The Carlson Company, a laboratory in Colorado for "independent testing." The results from the hair samples, he claimed, showed heavy metals in "abnormally high qualities," which he then suggested could have been introduced "by a third party perpetrator with likely criminal intent." Brittany's cause death had been ruled natural causes — primarily pneumonia. (Both the findings and the Carlson Company's legitimacy were soon questioned by The World Health Organization, amonth other parties.)

"[The reports] conveniently ignore what any good scientist will tell you: A hair sample can be affected by many outside factors, including hair dye, hair spray, prescription medications, foods, smoking the occasional cigarette and environmental factors. One cause we now know may have been toxic mold that was eventually discovered in that house -- which may have been what really killed her. We will never know for sure. However, we do know the Los Angeles County Coroner did extensive tests and found that she died of natural causes. And now she is a real living angel in heaven."

She blames Bertolotti entirely for stirring up controversy. As a father, Murphy writes, he was estranged from Brittany for most of her life and "never her family in reality." Murphy describes herself as having spent the past four years mourning "in seclusion," but says Berlolotti's recent statements have forced her hand. He and a collaborator, Julia Davis, have also set up the Brittany Murphy Foundation and reportedly plan to film a documentary. Murphy says Brittany would have never cooperated with their plans while alive, and that the projects are "calculated to make them money and bring them the fame they desperately crave." Sharon Murphy would like all of that to stop. She concludes her letter on a particularly emotional note:

"She was my baby, and we stood together throughout Brittany's life. Now I must stand up for her again. It is time for those who really knew and loved her to put those who want to exploit her on notice: your lies will no longer be tolerated and as long as I live, will continue to be exposed."